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Lexicon :: Strong's H2091 - zāhāḇ

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זָהָב
Transliteration
zāhāḇ
Pronunciation
zaw-hawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to shimmer
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TWOT Reference: 529a

Strong’s Definitions

זָהָב zâhâb, zaw-hawb'; from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky:—gold(-en), fair weather.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 389x

The KJV translates Strong's H2091 in the following manner: gold (348x), golden (40x), fair weather (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 389x
The KJV translates Strong's H2091 in the following manner: gold (348x), golden (40x), fair weather (1x).

  1. gold

    1. as precious metal

    2. as a measure of weight

    3. of brilliance, splendour (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָהָב zâhâb, zaw-hawb'; from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky:—gold(-en), fair weather.
STRONGS H2091: Abbreviations
זָהָב 385 noun masculineGenesis 2:12 gold (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ذَهَىًب Sabean דֿהב e.g. Os29 DHMZMG 1883, 338; Aramaic H1722 דְּהַב, BfhD, Palmyrene דהבא VogNo. 23) — ז׳ absolute Genesis 2:11 364 times; construct Genesis 2:12 + 6 times; suffix זְהָבִי 1 Kings 20:7 + 2 times; זְהָֽבְךָ 1 Kings 20:3, 5; זְהָבֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 30:22; זְהָבוֺ Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 31:7; זְהָבָם Hosea 8:4 + 4 times; — gold,
1. = gold-ore, gold in a raw state, Genesis 2:11, 12; Jeremiah 10:9; Proverbs 17:3; Proverbs 27:21; Job 28:1 +; perhaps also 1 Kings 9:28; 1 Kings 10:11; 1 Kings 22:49 etc.; compare עַפְרֹת ז׳ Job 28:6 gold-dust; see also Zechariah 13:9 (simile of tried people י׳) and compare Malachi 3:3; likewise Job 23:10 (simile of Job's purity, as shewn by divine tests); מִצָּפוֺן זָהָב Job 37:22 is dubious **read perhaps זֹהַר Du and Dr; Ew De and others out of the North comes gold; others, however, golden light, brightness, of sun after clouds dispersed by north wind, Greek Version of the LXX Rabb Da and others; or golden splendour of God coming from north BöÄ 76 Hi and others; Siegf conjecture יהוה for זהב
2. gold as wealth Genesis 13:2 (J; + מִקְנֶה, כֶּסֶף) Genesis 24:34 (J; + צאֹן, בָּקָר, כֶּסֶף, עֲבָדִם, שְׁפָחֹת, גְּמַלִּים, חֲמֹרִים) compare Hosea 2:8; Isaiah 2:7; Deuteronomy 8:13; Deuteronomy 17:17; Job 3:15; Job 31:24; Zechariah 14:14; Ezra 1:4, 6 +; in general, as precious: נִבְחָר שֵׁם מֵעשֶׁר רָ֑ב מִכֶּסֶף וּמִזָּהָב חֵן טוֺב Proverbs 22:1 to be chosen is a name more than great riches, and good favour more than silver and than gold; Job 28:17 (of wisdom) gold and glass do not equal it; Psalm 19:10 (ordinances of י׳) which are more to be desired than gold; compare Psalm 119:72; Psalm 119:127; also metaphor of princes and chief men of Zion Lamentations 4:1 (compare Lamentations 4:2).
3. gold as spoil of war Joshua 6:19 (+ כֶּסֶף, כְּלֵינְֿחשֶׁת, בַּרְזֶל) so Joshua 6:24, compare Joshua 7:21, 24; Joshua 22:8; 2 Kings 7:8 +.
4. gold as merchandise Ezekiel 27:22 (+ אֶבֶן יְקָרָה, ראֹשׁ כָּלבּֿשֶֹׁם), compare also gold from Ophir 1 Kings 9:28 etc. (see below 7 below)
5. gold as costly gift: to a prophet מְלֹא בֵּיתוֺ כֶּסֶף וְז׳ (hypothet.), Numbers 22:18; Numbers 24:13 (both E); brought by queen of Sheba to Solomon 1 Kings 10:2,10 (both + אֶבֶן יְקָרָה and בְּשָׂמִים) = 2 Chronicles 9:1, 9; as tribute 2 Kings 23:35 (twice in verse) (compare 2 Kings 23:33; all + כֶּסֶף); as satisfaction for murder 2 Samuel 21:4 (+ כֶּסֶף).
6. gold as material: of (nose- or ear-)ring, נֶזֶם Genesis 24:22; Exodus 32:2, 3; Judges 8:24, 25; Proverbs 11:22; Proverbs 25:12; Job 42:11; of chain Genesis 41:42, shields 2 Samuel 8:7, images of emerods 1 Samuel 6:4, 17 and mice 1 Samuel 6:4; 1 Samuel 6:11; 1 Samuel 6:18; בְּמַשְׂכִּיּוֺת כֶּסֶף חַּפּוּחֵי ז׳ Proverbs 25:11; גֻּלַּת ז׳ Exodus 12:6; כְּלֵיזֿ׳ Exodus 3:22; Exodus 11:2; Exodus 12:35; 1 Samuel 6:8; Psalm 105:37 etc.; כְּלֵיכֶֿסֶף וּכְלֵי זָהָב Genesis 24:53 as presents to a bride (+ בְּגָדִים); so of presents to secure king's favour 2 Samuel 8:10 (+ כְּלֵי נְחשֶׁת), and in list of yearly gifts or tribute to Solomon 1 Kings 10:25 2 Chronicles 9:24; as material of idols אֱלֹהֵי כֶסֶף וֵאלֹהֵי ז׳ Exodus 20:23; compare Exodus 32:31; Hosea 8:4; Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 31:7; Deuteronomy 29:16; Psalm 115:4; Psalm 135:15; as plating of idols Deuteronomy 7:25; especially as material of the furnishings of Solomon's temple, or (oftener) the platings of temple, or parts thereof, or of its furnishings 1 Kings 6:20, 21 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 6:22 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:28; 1 Kings 7:48 + 10 times 1 Kings 6:7; also 2 Chronicles 3:5 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 3:6 + 14 times 2 Chronicles 3:4; cf 1 Chronicles 28:14 (twice in verse) + 14 times 1 Chronicles 28:29 (David's preparation for temple); see also 2 Kings 24:13; compare 2 Kings 14:14 2 Chronicles 25:24; 2 Kings 25:15 = Jeremiah 52:19 (in accounts of plundering temple etc.); but more often still of furnishing and utensils of tabernacle, insignia of high-priest etc., Exodus 25:3, 11, 24 + 97 times Exodus 25-40, Leviticus 8:9; Numbers 4:11; Numbers 8:4; (in case of large objects frequently of plating or sheathing, compare 12c below) Note the expressions ליהוה תְּנוּפַת ז׳ Exodus 35:22 a wave-offering of gold, זְהַב הַתְּנוּפָה Exodus 38:24; also זְהַב הַתְּרוּמָה Numbers 31:52 (all P) compare Ezra 8:25, and (of offering to heathen god) יְכַבֵּד בְּזָהָב Daniel 11:38.
7. gold described by its source, especially gold from Ophir (compare Glass: Skizze ii. 357 ff. 368) 1 Kings 9:28; 1 Kings 10:11; 1 Kings 22:49; 1 Chronicles 29:4; 2 Chronicles 8:18; 9:10; so perhaps Jeremiah 10:9 (read אוֺפִיר for אוּפַז Ew Klo and others); זְהַב שְׁבָא Psalm 72:15; on מַּרְוָ֑יִם ז׳ 2 Chronicles 3:6 see פרוים; compare further Genesis 2:11, 12.
8. gold defined by var. adjective and pts.: שָׁחוּט ז׳ beaten gold (see שָׁחַט) 1 Kings 10:16, 17 2 Chronicles 9:15 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 9:16; סָגוּר ז׳ 1 Kings 6:20, 21; also 1 Kings 7:49, 50; 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 4:20, 22; 9:21 (on meaning see סָגַר); especially (but only P & Chronicles) טָהוֺר ז׳ pure gold Exodus 25:11, 17, 24 + 21 times Exodus 25; 28. 30. 37. 39 (of equipments of tabernacle and high priest's insignia), 1 Chronicles 28:17; 2 Chronicles 3:4; 9:17; compare טוֺב ז׳ 2 Chronicles 3:5, 8; on מוּפָז ז׳ 1 Kings 10:18, AV best gold, compare אוּפָז, פָּזַז.
9. ז׳ as measure of weight and value:
a. = gold-shekel, מִשְׁקָלָם עֲשָׂרָה ז׳ Genesis 24:22; כַּף אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה ז׳ Numbers 7:14 + 11 times Numbers 7; אֶלֶף וּשְׁבַעמֵֿאוֺת ז׳ Judges 8:26, compare 1 Kings 10:16; 2 Kings 5:5; 2 Chronicles 9:15, 16; וָכָ֑סֶף אַלְפֵי ז׳ Psalm 119:72; compare further Joshua 7:21; but also (only Chronicles) שֶׁקֶל expressed: מִשְׁקַל שִׁקְלֵי ז׳ שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Chronicles 21:25 (50 shekels of silver in || 2 Samuel 24:24); וּמִשְׁקָל לְמִסְמְרוֺת לִשְׁקָלִים חֲמִשִּׁים ז׳ 2 Chronicles 3:9.
b. שְׁלשֶׁת מָנִים ז׳ 1 Kings 10:17 three minas of gold (see מָנֶה).
c. כִּכַּר ז׳ talent of gold 2 Samuel 12:30; 1 Kings 9:14 + (see כִּכָּר).
d. זָהָב דַּרְכְּמוֺנִים שֵׁשׁרִֿבּאֹוֺת וָאֶלֶף Ezra 2:69 compare Nehemiah 7:69, 70, 71; also עֶשְׂרִים לַאֲדַרְכֹּנִים אָ֑לָף וּכְפֹרֵי ז׳ Ezra 8:27 (see דַּרְכְּמוֺן); — with the above should perhaps be compared מִכִּיס הַזָּלִים ז׳ Isaiah 46:6 i.e. the gold used in making the god was the coin carried in the bag.
10. ז׳ = golden oil, from colour, Zechariah 4:12.
11. ז׳ often named with כֶּסֶף, and then, in earlier and sometimes in later writings, follows it: בַּכֶּסֶף וּבַזָּהָב Genesis 13:2 (J), compare Genesis 24:35, 53; Genesis 44:8 (all J) Exodus 3:22; Exodus 11:2; Exodus 12:35; Numbers 22:18; Numbers 24:13 (all E), Joshua 6:19, 24 (JE), Deuteronomy 7:25; Deuteronomy 17:17; Deuteronomy 29:16; 2 Samuel 8:11; 2 Samuel 21:4; 1 Kings 7:51; 1 Kings 15:15, 18, 19; 2 Kings 7:8; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 18:14; 2 Kings 20:13; 2 Kings 23:33, 35 (twice in verse); Hosea 2:10; Hosea 8:4; Isaiah 2:7; Isaiah 60:9; Jeremiah 10:4; Zephaniah 1:18; Ezekiel 7:19; Ezekiel 38:13; Zechariah 6:11; Joel 4:5, Proverbs 22:1; Psalm 105:37; Psalm 115:4; Psalm 135:15; 2 Chronicles 1:15; 5:1; Ezra 1:4; Ezra 8:25; Daniel 11:8; Ecclesiastes 2:8 +; in later writings ז׳ often precedes Ezekiel 28:4; Zechariah 14:14; Malachi 3:3; 1 Chronicles 18:10; 1 Chronicles 22:14, 16; 1 Chronicles 28:15, 16; 1 Chronicles 29:3, 4, 5, 7; 2 Chronicles 9:14, 21; 24:14; 25:24; Ezra 1:11; Psalm 119:72; Songs 1:11; Daniel 11:38 +, and so in P, Exodus 25:3; Exodus 31:4; Exodus 35:5, 32; Numbers 31:32; yet also as early as Habakkuk 2:19; 1 Kings 10:22; 2 Kings 25:15.
12. the chief verbs used with ז׳ are:
a. עָשָׂה make of (with 2 accusative) 1 Kings 7:48 (compare 1 Kings 7:49; 1 Kings 7:49; 1 Kings 7:50; 1 Kings 7:50) 1 Kings 10:16; 1 Kings 12:28; 1 Kings 14:26; 2 Chronicles 4:7, 8, 19; 12:9; 13:8, and especially in P (tabernacle) Exodus 25:11, 17, 18 + 35 times Exodus 25-39; also followed by בְּ work in gold, וּבַכֶּסֶף וּבַנְּחשֶׁת לַעֲשׂוֺת בַּזּ׳ Exodus 31:4; Exodus 35:32, also (+ בַּבַּרְזֶל, etc.), 2 Chronicles 2:6; 2 Chronicles 2:13;
b. יָצַק (object טַבְּעֹת ז׳) Exodus 25:12; Exodus 37:3, 13 (all P);
c. צִמָּה overlay with (with 2 accusative) 1 Kings 6:20, 21 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:22, 28, 30, 32, 35 (1 Kings 6:32; 1 Kings 6:35 one accusative omitted), 1 Kings 10:18; 2 Chronicles 3:4, 10; 9:17, and especially P (tabernacle) Exodus 25:11, 13, 24, 28 + 15 times Exodus 26-37; in same sense.
d. וַיְחַמֵּהוּ ז׳ 2 Chronicles 3:5 compare 2 Chronicles 3:7; 2 Chronicles 3:8; 2 Chronicles 3:9, and
e. וָכֶסֶף תָּפוּשׂ ז׳ Habakkuk 2:19 encased in gold and silver; also
f. יְרַקְּעֶנּוּ בַּזּ׳ Isaiah 40:19;
g. רדד Hiph., וַיָּ֫רֶב עַלהַֿכְּרוּבִים וְעַלהַֿתִּמֹּרוֺת אֶתהַֿזּ׳ 1 Kings 6:32 and he spread upon the cherubim and upon the palm-trees the gold; further
h. בָּחַן try, Zechariah 13:9; compare
i. זִקַּק Malachi 3:3. — On דִּי זָהָב, proper name; on מֵי זָהָב proper name see below מַיִם.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:3; 2:11; 2:11; 2:11; 2:12; 2:12; 2:12; 2:12; 13:2; 13:2; 24:22; 24:22; 24:34; 24:35; 24:53; 24:53; 41:42; 44:8

Exodus

3:22; 3:22; 11:2; 11:2; 12:6; 12:35; 12:35; 20:23; 25; 25; 25; 25:3; 25:3; 25:11; 25:11; 25:11; 25:11; 25:12; 25:13; 25:17; 25:17; 25:18; 25:24; 25:24; 25:24; 25:28; 25:28; 25:30; 25:37; 25:39; 26; 26; 26; 27; 27; 27; 28; 28; 28; 29; 29; 29; 30; 30; 30; 31; 31; 31; 31:4; 31:4; 32; 32; 32; 32:2; 32:3; 32:31; 33; 33; 33; 34; 34; 34; 35; 35; 35; 35:5; 35:22; 35:32; 35:32; 36; 36; 36; 37; 37; 37; 37:3; 37:13; 38; 38; 38:24; 39; 39; 40

Leviticus

8:9

Numbers

4:11; 7; 7:14; 8:4; 22:18; 22:18; 24:13; 24:13; 31:32; 31:52

Deuteronomy

7:25; 7:25; 8:13; 17:17; 17:17; 29:16; 29:16

Joshua

6:19; 6:19; 6:24; 6:24; 7:21; 7:21; 7:24; 22:8

Judges

8:24; 8:25; 8:26

1 Samuel

6:4; 6:4; 6:8; 6:11; 6:17; 6:18

2 Samuel

8:7; 8:10; 8:11; 12:30; 21:4; 21:4; 24:24

1 Kings

6:7; 6:20; 6:20; 6:20; 6:21; 6:21; 6:21; 6:22; 6:22; 6:28; 6:28; 6:30; 6:32; 6:32; 6:32; 6:35; 6:35; 7:48; 7:48; 7:49; 7:49; 7:49; 7:50; 7:50; 7:50; 7:51; 9:14; 9:28; 9:28; 9:28; 10:11; 10:11; 10:16; 10:16; 10:16; 10:17; 10:17; 10:18; 10:18; 10:21; 10:22; 12:28; 14:26; 15:15; 15:18; 15:19; 20:3; 20:5; 20:7; 22:49; 22:49

2 Kings

5:5; 7:8; 7:8; 14:14; 16:8; 18:14; 20:13; 23:33; 23:33; 23:35; 23:35; 24:13; 25:15; 25:15

1 Chronicles

18:10; 21:25; 22:14; 22:16; 28:14; 28:15; 28:16; 28:17; 29:3; 29:4; 29:4; 29:5; 29:7

2 Chronicles

1:15; 2:6; 2:13; 3:4; 3:4; 3:4; 3:5; 3:5; 3:5; 3:6; 3:6; 3:7; 3:8; 3:8; 3:9; 3:9; 3:10; 4:7; 4:8; 4:19; 4:20; 4:22; 5:1; 8:18; 9:1; 9:9; 9:10; 9:14; 9:15; 9:15; 9:16; 9:16; 9:17; 9:17; 9:21; 9:21; 9:24; 12:9; 13:8; 24:14; 25:24; 25:24

Ezra

1:4; 1:4; 1:6; 1:11; 2:69; 8:25; 8:25; 8:27

Nehemiah

7:69; 7:70; 7:71

Job

3:15; 23:10; 28:1; 28:6; 28:17; 31:24; 37:22; 42:11

Psalms

19:10; 72:15; 105:37; 105:37; 115:4; 115:4; 119:72; 119:72; 119:72; 119:127; 135:15; 135:15

Proverbs

11:22; 17:3; 22:1; 22:1; 25:11; 25:12; 27:21

Ecclesiastes

2:8

Song of Songs

1; 1; 1:11

Isaiah

2:7; 2:7; 2:20; 2:20; 30:22; 30:22; 31:7; 31:7; 40:19; 46:6; 60:9

Jeremiah

10:4; 10:9; 10:9; 52:19

Lamentations

4:1; 4:2

Ezekiel

7:19; 27:22; 28:4; 38:13

Daniel

11:8; 11:38; 11:38

Hosea

2:8; 2:10; 8:4; 8:4; 8:4

Habakkuk

2:19; 2:19

Zephaniah

1:18

Zechariah

4:12; 6:11; 13:9; 13:9; 14:14; 14:14

Malachi

3:3; 3:3; 3:3

H2091

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2091 matches the Hebrew זָהָב (zāhāḇ),
which occurs 44 times in 33 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - The inner sanctuary[fn] was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid[fn] an altar of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:21 - And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22 - And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:28 - And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:30 - The floor of the house he overlaid with gold in the inner and outer rooms.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:32 - He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:35 - On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:48 - So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:50 - the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for the doors of the innermost part of the house, the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:51 - Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - and Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:14 - Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents[fn] of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:28 - And they went to Ophir and brought from there gold, 420 talents, and they brought it to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10 - Then she gave the king 120 talents[fn] of gold, and a very great quantity of spices and precious stones. Never again came such an abundance of spices as these that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:11 - Moreover, the fleet of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir a very great amount of almug wood and precious stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:14 - Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:16 - King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels[fn] of gold went into each shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; three minas[fn] of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:18 - The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with the finest gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:21 - All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22 - For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:25 - Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh,[fn] spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:28 - So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:26 - He took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s house. He took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold that Solomon had made,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:15 - And he brought into the house of the LORD the sacred gifts of his father and his own sacred gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:18 - Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s house and gave them into the hands of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:19 - “Let there be a covenant[fn] between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I am sending to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:3 - ‘Your silver and your gold are mine; your best wives and children also are mine.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:5 - The messengers came again and said, “Thus says Ben-hadad: ‘I sent to you, saying, “Deliver to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:7 - Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, “Mark, now, and see how this man is seeking trouble, for he sent to me for my wives and my children, and for my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:48 - Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
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